Sounds like augmented reality to us: Navigon says its MobileNavigator for the Android platform is the first to identify points of interest and show them atop a live camera view.
With the “Reality Scanner” feature, users can point the device and instantly identify POIs in or around the location. Utilizing the phone’s build-in camera, positioning, and compass components, the company says, with its database of points of interest, it posts icons directly on the camera’s display on the phone’s screen.
Other features in the $60 app: Reality View Pro displays photo-realistic 3D views of the actual road, highway or interstate, with signs, exits, and lane guide markers for easy driving decisions; the Red Light Cameras feature provides drivers an advanced visual warning for most red light and speed cameras.
We will all learn more about AR at the 6Sight conference in just two weeks.